The challenges to immigration reform after the Trump administration

November 10, 2020

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President Donald Trump is shown wearing a blue suit and red tie while looking at the dark facade of the US-Mexico border wall.

During his campaign, candidate Joe Biden said that on day one, he would submit an immigration reform bill to Congress. What challenges will Biden face in reforming US immigration policy? And, there is a growing debate taking place about a possible boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to allegations of human rights abuses. Also, wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen and his organization SeaLegacy recently teamed up with a conservation group to raise half a million dollars to buy out the hunting licenses for wolves off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, in order to protect them.

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Russian peacekeepers to uphold Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire; Ethiopia military seizes Tigray airport; Saeb Erekat dies of COVID-19

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November 10, 2020

A new Russian-brokered ceasefire to end six weeks of intense fighting between Armenian forces and Azerbaijan has begun, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he was not ignoring international warnings about the worsening Tigray conflict, and Saeb Erekat, the chief peace negotiator between the Palestinians and Israel, has died at a Jerusalem hospital.

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Human rights groups weigh boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

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November 12, 2020

In September, more than 160 advocacy organizations wrote a letter to the International Olympic Committee asking for the Games to be moved out of China.

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Images of Canada's coastal wolves help promote ocean conservation efforts

The World

November 10, 2020

British Columbia’s sea wolves had been threatened by trophy hunters until environmental groups — and a photographer — stepped in.

Reproductive rights

In Italy, religious organizations' 'fetus graves' reignite abortion debate

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November 11, 2020

Catholic and conservative groups are slowly chipping away at abortion rights in Italy, where abortion has been legal since 1978.

He survived torture in a Syrian prison. Now, he’s set to study in the US.

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November 10, 2020

Omar Alshogre was a teenager when security forces in Syria arrested him for participating in demonstrations. He was imprisoned and tortured. Last month, Alshogre learned he had been accepted to Georgetown University.